Saturday, June 15, 2002
Whilst desperately seeking backed up stuff after the PC crash, I discovered a few pieces I wrote which could have gone into Ten Years Asleep, but I forgot about. So-
Dishes
They had promised each other that they wouldn’t be as slovenly as during their student years. Privately they had admitted to themselves that this was a lie.
The one mod. con. the house lacked was a dishwasher, so cutlery and crockery piled up in and around the kitchen sink.
Derek, manager and accountant that he was, surveyed the debris and decided that there should be a dish washing rota. After eating a pork chop on a bed of noodles he added the plate to the pile and went up to his room to type it up on his computer. When he sat down he discovered the Quake mission disk he hadn’t finished yet and decided on a quick game.
Paul was an engineer and ever practical. He set about cleaning the kitchen up. He stacked the plates, with the largest at the bottom and saucers at the top, and placed the bowls atop these. Cups and mugs were regimented, presenting arms in the shape of forks, knives and spoons. Pans and other utensils were stacked precariously. He was about to fill the washing bowl with warm water and detergent when he remembered it was time for Star Trek, and decided the washing up could wait until afterwards.
Gareth, applying his skewed memory of various sciences, had concluded that there was a median level of washing, about which the pile fluctuated. The current amount was at the dirty far end of the bell curve. He washed a plate, saucepan, large bowl, fork and spoon to bring the pile down a few percentiles. Then he used the clean items to cook and consume a large amount of pasta.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 6:01 PM link
I borrowed a laptop to get back online and have been sitting inside all morning. I'd forgotten how much I missed mindless surfing.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 3:13 PM link
What a week. I handed my notice in, and this time I've got to mean it. 5th of July should be my last day.
Now all I have to do is find another job to go to.
Still no news on my PC, hopefully they can come and see how badly damaged it is next week and, probably, decide to give me some cash.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 11:23 AM link
Monday, June 10, 2002
This morning I was asked to 'look at some form of atomisation for the following reporting mechanism'
I'm thinking about using a small thermonuclear device.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 12:21 PM link
